Since nobody reads fb this isn't trolling

[vicarz]

Nobody can argue that if those elementary school children had been provided with and trained to use automatic rifles that there would have not been the tragedy.

Similarly, we all know guns don't kill people - they're just a tool like a knife or stick. This is why we should not only remove the limits on gun ownership per the founder's wishes to prevent Britain from invading, but in that freedom we should also remove restrictions on possession of explosives and chemical agents. Nerve agents don't kill people, people do.

It doesn't seem logical to me to argue guns should be legal to all, and that mass killings are unrelated to access to these tools, without expanding that argument to explosives, chemicals, and pathogens. Why is the NRA limiting itself to the firearm? US freedoms are curtailed but nobody seems to object.

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[turbogrrl.livejournal.com]

wait, fb or lj? ;-)

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Obviously I'm thinking fb, but rather than be part of the problem I'm posting these here where you have an option to hide them behind a warning cut ;P.

[eriss.livejournal.com]

I think they should put God back in schools. I hear the Ten Commandments can stand up well against most assault rifles.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

This country was founded on prayer! All hail zombie and war in his honor!

[curvemudgeon.livejournal.com]

Why is the NRA limiting itself to the firearm?

Because the 'R' stands for Rifle and they are a supremely unimaginative bunch.

[djpsyche.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to think the Rest of the World should offer a one-time amnesty to any Americans who want to defect. Then the remaining ones should be issued with several guns each as compulsory, and once all the fucking gun-crazy idiots have killed each other off, everyone else can move back and live in peace.

[likethewatch.livejournal.com]

And by this logic, there's no reason to make drugs illegal, because the availability of drugs has no significant bearing on whether I use them.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Well admittedly there are no logical reasons to have drugs illegal.